Friday, June 5, 2009

june 4 - a date with a tanka



today's prompt is to write a tanka about a crush.
the tanka is a japanese form that predates the most popular and renowned form of syllable poetry, the haiku. a tanka is a 31 syllable poem broken into 5 lines that contain the 5-7-5-7-7 syllable structure.

Your hand, cool and smooth
Clutches mine tight underneath
Layers of shyness
Thighs pressed against vinyl seats
Shifting to receive your look

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